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TEXT: LUKE 24:49-53(NKJV)

49. “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
50. And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
51. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.
52. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53. and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.

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The ascension of Jesus is a major tenet of the faith of Christ…

11th May 2021

The wife of the late Pastor Dare Adeboye, Temiloluwa Adeboye, says her husband was not afraid of death, noting that she was sure the late Pastor was in heaven.

Temiloluwa recalls that her husband told her before his death that if he died, he dies fulfilled because he had done what the Lord has asked him to do.

On Monday at the Evening of Worship and Tribute which held at the RCCG, House Of Favour, Redemption Camp, Temiloluwa says:

“Pastor Dare, my husband was a wonderful person. He was amazing in every sense of the way. I do not mourn him at all; I weep because he left me. He slept, he did not die. And I know, I am sure, because on the resurrection morning, he will rise again and we will see him in glory.

“I am sure because he was saved. I am sure because he believed in Christ, his salvation was sure, it was certain

“He said if I die today, I know I am fulfilled, I have done what the Lord has asked me to do, he was not afraid of death. He was not afraid. It is not a matter of time but how well and he lived a good life, he lived to the glory of God. He lived, he served God. His life was dedicated to Christ and that is why I am sure that he is heaven.

“I am sure that he made it. And I want to say brethren today, if you are not sure of your salvation. If you are not sure that if you sleep tonight, you might not wake up tomorrow, you are not sure of where you will be in eternity. If you have not yet given your life to Christ, if you are here today to see because you heard. Yes, it is true; he is sleeping in the Lord but are you sure of yourself, are you sure of where you will be? Are you sure of where you will be?”

By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter 

“God’s Not Dead” and “Hercules” actor Kevin Sorbo has urged churches of all sizes to back faith-based and God-glorifying films, especially in a culture that has an “ever-increasing anger” toward Christians.

“I get stopped, and 80% of the time people say, ‘Please make more movies like [‘God’s Not Dead’],’” Sorbo revealed in an interview on Abby Johnson’s hit podcast, “Politely Rude.”

“It’s amazing — pastors will stop me and say, ‘You can reach so many people. I’m a pastor of a small church.’ And I go, ‘I don’t care how small your church is. We need your support.’”

“I shoot 3, 4 million dollar movies. That’s the catering budget on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ or ‘Avengers.’ Those are $300 million movies,” he continued. “The only way we can get these [faith-based films] out there is if we have the magic that we had for ‘God’s Not Dead,’ where a $2 million budget makes $140 million movie. That was powerful word of mouth, and we need that. We need churches of all sizes to say ‘Hey, go see these movies.’”

The actor, who has been in the film industry since the 1980s, is the narrator of the new documentary “Before the Wrath.” According to the film’s description, the documentary is based on true discoveries from the time of Christ and features researchers in the Middle East who’ve discovered new evidence that proves the prophesied Rapture is not only real, but why it must soon come to pass.

Sorbo described the documentary — which landed the No. 1 spot on Amazon’s “documentary” section — as an “amazing, educational look at the book of Revelation.”

“It’s a combination of pastors and priests and rabbis and experts on the Bible and whatever doctorates they may hold, plus mixed with 2,000 years ago, where it’s during Jesus’ time,” he said. “It goes back and forth … it’s really cool how they did this, and how they tied it into the Old Testament and the New Testament.”

“What’s cool about it is that anybody can watch it, even dummies like me can really get educated on the breakdown of the Second Coming of Christ,” he said.

The actor stressed that there’s no “hysteria” in the documentary, adding: “It’s just an interesting, educated look at the final chapter of the New Testament. And it’s fascinating.”

Johnson said she loves the book of Revelation because it helps the Church have a “healthy” fear of the Lord. She noted that God has become “squishy” and “whitewashed” in today’s culture, with people focusing primarily on a God of love rather than on His justice and judgment.

“And that’s true. God is love, but God is also just right. And I think the book of Revelation shows us that justice, and that helps bring about a sense of fear, a sense of respect of the Lord, and I feel like that’s something that we’re really missing in our society today,” she said.

Sorbo agreed that culture has an “ever-increasing anger toward Christians.”

“I don’t really quite understand it, but you know they deny God. They hate God. They resent God,” he said. “I played one in ‘God’s Not Dead;’ I was a college professor that was so angry about something he didn’t believe in, and you see that play out all the time.”

“Atheism is a faith; to believe in absolutely nothing — if only Christians could be that strong in their own faith because that’s pretty powerful,” he said.

Sorbo also narrates the recently-released documentary “Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science” and stars in the faith-based film “The Girl Who Believes in Miracles.”

The latter movie, Sorbo said, is about a young girl who hears her pastor say, “If you have the faith of a mustard seed, you can move mountains.” She starts to pray, and miraculous things start happening in her town.

“There’s no walking on water, but there are things that happen that wake people up,” the actor said. “I think miracles happen every day but we’re so caught up on our six-second world that people don’t pay attention anymore. We’re too impatient. And I think there are wonderful things that happen all the time. This movie is one of those movies that make you go, ‘Wow, OK, what a great little movie.'”

Source: Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter

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5th Sunday after Easter (Rogation Sunday) May 9, 2021

THEME: COVENANT WITH THE LIVING GOD
SUB-THEME 3: God’s covenant with man-(12)
TOPIC: Vices of unfaithfulness to God’s covenant TEXTS: Deut. 28: 15-44

AIMS:
i. to understand the concept of biblical curses and
ii. to expose what can bring Covenant Curses on a people

INTRODUCTION: Today is Rogation Sunday, a day to bless all our work tools and
implements. We should know that God did not predestine us or our work to curses. The curses recorded in the Bible are a result of the failure of men to obey God’s commandments and their deviating from the covenanted principles of blessedness to human vices (Deut. 28:15). There are more curses than blessings and curses are in essence the opposite of the picture of blessedness we saw in our last study. The first group of curses (Deut. 28:15-19) is an echo of misery in the regular routines of life, subject to sudden ruin, disease and drought, no protection and deliverance from the enemy, and people are reduced to the worst kind of barbarism and are also seen as figuratively returned to Egypt (v 68).

STUDY GUIDE:
1. Explain your understanding of Curses in the Bible? Gen 2:16-17; 3:17-19; Isaiah 59:1-3.
2. Identify and explain the various Curses of life pictured in: (i) vv 15-19; (ii) vv20-26; (iii)
vv 29-29; (iv) vv 30-35; and (v) vv 38-44
3. What brought the Curses upon the Israelites, as individuals or as a group? V 15; Ps. 78:
16-18; Isa. 65: 1-6; 2 Cor. 10: 6
4. How can we regain the lost virtues and God’s blessings on our works and our family?
Isaiah 55:6-7; 12-13;1John 1:9.

CONCLUSION: God’s intention for mankind has been to bless them. However, humans are always willing to run the paths of self-indulgence that lead to vices. On this path lies vices and curses which are the opposite of God’s blessings. Therefore, choose to walk in the path of godly obedience.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Tread the paths of virtues and blessedness and flee from the road of vices and Curses.

MEMORY VERSE: Deut. 28: 15 “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.”